Exhibitions

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Black and white photo of Kobe Bryant
©2007 Rick Chapman
Kobe Bryant

“Kobe Bean Bryant” by Rick Chapman, 2007. Selenium-toned gelatin silver print. National Portrait Gallery,

Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist and ESPN. ©2007 Rick Chapman

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Side-by-side portraits of the Obamas
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama

Left: “Barack Obama” by Kehinde Wiley, oil on canvas, 2018. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

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Side by side portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama
National Portrait Gallery Engages Audiences Across the Country With Five-City Tour of the Acclaimed Obama Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald
Tour To Include Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston Starting June 2021
01.23.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
ticket to Andrew Johnson impeachment

Ticket to Andrew Johnson's impeachment (courtesy National Museum of American History)

Statement on Collecting Objects Regarding the Impeachment of the President
01.21.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
"Bias" Logo

"The Bias Inside Us"

Smithsonian Announces $1 Million Gift From the Otto Bremer Trust To Support Community Engagement Project on Implicit Bias
01.09.2020
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions Education News
Age Old Cities

"Age Old Cities"

For the First Time in the US, Visitors Can Experience “Age Old Cities”—A Virtual Journey to the Devastated Sites of Mosul, Aleppo and Palmyra
Immersive Exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Highlights Importance of the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
01.09.2020
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Daisy Fellowes

John Singer Sargent, “Daisy Fellowes,” c. 1920, charcoal on paper. Private collection, Columbus, Georgia. Photo by Jim Cawthorne.

 

National Portrait Gallery Presents “John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal”
Features 50 Rarely Exhibited Charcoal Drawings by America's Master Portraitist
01.09.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Kimberly diamond set in a necklace
Smithsonian Institution
Kimberley Diamond

The 55.08-carat Kimberley Diamond comes from a 490-carat crystal found in the Kimberley mining region of South Africa around 1940. 

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Herbert Bayer Bauhaus advertisement
Matt Flynn | Smithsonian Institution
Herbert Bayer

Card, Herbert Bayer, Verband Deutscher Reklamefachleute (Association of German Advertisers), 1928; Designed by Herbert Bayer; Letterpress; Collection of Merrill C. Berman; © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

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1928 Bauhaus poster
Cooper Hewitt to Present "Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master" Exhibition
Marking the Centenary of the Bauhaus' Founding in 1919
10.30.2019
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
Close up of Emperor Tamarin at National Zoo

Emperor tamarin. Photo: Roshan Patel/Smithsonian’s National Zoo  

 

New Emperor Tamarins On Exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
10.29.2019
National Zoo & SCBI Exhibitions
Emperor Tamarin looking to the side
Roshan Patel | Smithsonians National Zoo
Emperor Tamarin 2

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is home to two new regally mustachioed monkeys. Emperor tamarins, Fleck and Poe, are roaming the forest canopy of the open-air Amazonia exhibit and are accepting audiences with visitors.

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Emperor Tamarinlooking at camera
Roshan Patel | Smithsonians National Zoo
Emperor Tamarin

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is home to two new regally mustachioed monkeys. Emperor tamarins, Fleck and Poe, are roaming the forest canopy of the open-air Amazonia exhibit and are accepting audiences with visitors.

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mixed media work depicting of six women.
AMA #WCW

Dada Khanyisa (b. 1991, Umzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa; works in Cape Town)
AMA #WCW
2017
Acrylic and mixed media on wood
Gift of Shari and John Behnke, 2018-11-1

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Figure of King Bay Akiy carved in wood.
Figure of King Bay Akiy

Possibly Bvu Kwam (Active early 19th century, Isu kingdom, Grassfields region, Cameroon)
Figure of King Bay Akiy
Early 19th century
Wood, ivory, pigment, human hair, bone, cloth
Gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, 2005-6-31

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Black and white photo of tree at rural crossroads

A rural crossroads. FreeImages.com/Bettina Schwehn

Smithsonian Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Program Bringing Exhibitions to Rural America
08.21.2019
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions Public Programs
Tattered American flag in display case
Jaclyn Nash, National Museum of American History
D-Day flag on display
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Rendering of exhibition space with people interacting with installations

Artist rendering of the "Textron How Things Fly Gallery," slated to open in 2022 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Credit: Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Receives $10 Million Gift From Textron
07.25.2019
Air and Space Museum Exhibitions
LeBron James in profile
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Men of Change: LeBron James

LeBron James

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Walter Iooss, © Walter Iooss

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Father and young son on beach with backs to the camera
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Men of Change: Father and Son

Untitled photograph of father and son at Lake Michigan, 1946-1948. Photo by Wayne F. Miller.

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, © Magnum Photo

 

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Two men holding March on Washington sign
Library of Congress
Men of Change: March on Washington

Bayard Rustin (on left), one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a key organizer of the March on Washington, with Cleveland Robinson.

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Photo of Wilson with arms crossed
David Cooper
Men of Change: August Wilson

August Wilson

Photo by David Cooper

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Portrait of Ryan Coogler
Courtesy artist Alfred Conteh and Galerie Myrtis
Home Team

Home Team - original artwork of Hollywood director Ryan Coogler by Alfred Conteh

Home Team/Courtesy artist Alfred Conteh and Galerie Myrtis

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African American Men at formal dinner
National Museum of American History
Men of Change: Lincoln Douglass Dinner

The Mu-So-Lit Club’s Lincoln-Douglass Dinner, 1940

Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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